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Crunch Time : Fiscal Crises and the Role of Monetary Policy

Greenlaw, David - 2013

Countries with high debt loads are vulnerable to an adverse feedback loop in which doubts by lenders lead to higher sovereign interest rates which in turn make the debt problems more severe. We analyze the recent experience of advanced economies using both econometric methods and case studies...

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Causes of the Korean Financial Crisis : Lessons for Policy

Hahm, Joon-Ho - 2000

This paper uses an asymmetric information framework to understand the causes of the recent financial crisis in Korea. It shows that the Korean data is consistent with this explanation of the crisis. It then draws on this analysis to discuss several lessons that can help guide Korean policymakers...

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Two Decades of Japanese Monetary Policy and the Deflation Problem

Ito, Takatoshi - 2004

of Japan's rhetoric was not helpful in fighting deflation, and the interest rate hike in August 2000 amid deflation was a …

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Vying for Foreign Direct Investment : A EU-type Model of Tax Competition

Razin, Assaf - 2006

This paper brings out the special mechanism through which taxes influence bilateral FDI, when investment decisions are two-fold in the presence of fixed setup flows costs. For each pair of source-host countries, there is a set of factors determining whether aggregate FDI flows will occur at all,...

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Liquidity, Institutional Quality and the Composition of International Equity Flows

Goldstein, Itay - 2010

liquidity shocks, the liquidation price they can get will be lower when buyers know that they have more information on … expectation of future liquidity problems export relatively more FPI than FDI, and (2) this effect strengthens as the source … source countries from 1985 to 2004. Our key variable is the predicted severity of liquidity shock, as proxied by episodes of …

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Liquidity, Institutional Quality and the Composition of International Equity Outflows

Goldstein, Itay - 2008

country. Based on a theoretical model, we predict that (1) source countries with higher probability of aggregate liquidity … 140 source countries from 1985 to 2004. Our key variable is the probability of an aggregate liquidity crisis, estimated … that the probability of a liquidity crisis has a strong effect on the composition of foreign equity investment. Furthermore …

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A Brazilian Debt-Crisis Model

Razin, Assaf - 2002

We develop a model that captures important features of debt crises of the Brazilian type. Its applicability to Brazil lies in the fact that (1) in Brazil the macro fundamentals were sound (e.g., a primary surplus, a relatively low debt/GDP ratio, etc.); and (2) in the Brazilian case the trigger...

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A Brazilian Debt-Crisis

Razin, Assaf - 2002

We develop a stylised model of multiple equilibria, with country risk spreads at the focus of the analysis. Fears that the country default on its debt triggers a reversal in the direction of inflows of international financial capital raise interest-rate spreads and thus the cost of servicing the...

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Fiscal Policies and Real Exchange Rates in the World Economy

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1986

This paper examines the effects of fiscal policies on the evolution of real rates of interest and real exchange rates in the interdependent world economy. We construct an analytical framework suitable for a detailed examination of the various channels through which these variables are influenced...

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The International Transmission and Effects of Fiscal Policies

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1986

In recent years the world economy has been subject to large and unsyncronized changes in fiscal policies, high and volatile real rates of tnterest, large fluctuations in real exchange rates, and significant variations in private-sector spending. This paper reviews some of the key facts...

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